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June 16

Trafficking in Africa a threat to securing a continent fit for children
Thought Leader
/ 16 June 2025

Trafficking in Africa a threat to securing a continent fit for children

Children on the continent are trafficked, sexually exploited, forced into marriage, recruited into armed forces and made to beg

By Zororai Nkomo
The future is now: A call to SA’s youth to build social justice
Thought Leader
/ 16 June 2025

The future is now: A call to SA’s youth to build social justice

Young people need to have discussions with their peers who have become apathetic and disengaged and volunteer in our communities to create a just society

By Senzakahle Mazibuko
Harness the potential of the continent’s demographic dividend
Thought Leader
/ 16 June 2025

Harness the potential of the continent’s demographic dividend

Partnerships between education institutions and the private sector, with the backing of policymakers need to develop a strong school-to-work pipeline.

By Jean-Luc Stalon
From struggle to superpower: A letter to SA’s youth to rise through STEMI
Thought Leader
/ 16 June 2025

From struggle to superpower: A letter to SA’s youth to rise through STEMI

We need thinkers who can connect the dots between science and society, code and compassion, data and dignity

By Zakia Salod
Selective activism: A problem for South Africa’s youth
Thought Leader
/ 8 May 2025

Selective activism: A problem for South Africa’s youth

To make their voices heard, young people must be more selective in the issues they support and need to put in the hard work

By Enzokuhle Sabela
We collectively betray the June 16 memory
Thought Leader
/ 28 June 2024

We collectively betray the June 16 memory

Some of the freedoms the youth fought for have been obtained but the battle for equal education is far from over

By Oyisa Sondlo
Young people call for an end to the terrible legacy of coal
The Green Guardian
/ 19 June 2021

Young people call for an end to the terrible legacy of coal

‘The generation of 1976 did not fight to end the injustices of their time only for there to be the dawn of a climate apartheid’

By Gabriel Klaasen, Mitchelle Mhaka, Sibusiso Mazomba and Sarah Robyn Farrell
The Portfolio: Khaya Ngwenya
Friday
/ 16 September 2020

The Portfolio: Khaya Ngwenya

Photojournalist Khaya Ngwenya’s style focus on exploiting natural light while staying in motion

By Khaya Ngwenya
See the light and pass the Copyright Amendment Bill
Opinion
/ 24 June 2020

See the light and pass the Copyright Amendment Bill

Strict copyright laws, championed by media mega-monopolies, dash the prospects of young learners, performance artists and the blind in South Africa

By Mugwena Maluleke, Tebogo Sithathu, Jack Devnarain, Tusi Fokane, Ben Cashdan and Jace Nair
The system in South Africa has its knee on the neck of the youth
Opinion
/ 14 June 2020

The system in South Africa has its knee on the neck of the youth

The youth of today can learn from the youth of 1976, who rose up and rejected the Bantu education system

By Bonginkosi Khanyile
ANC needs young leaders and uDuduzane could be one
Opinion
/ 14 June 2020

ANC needs young leaders and uDuduzane could be one

Youth Day, June 16, reminds us of the role of youth in the struggle against oppression throughout the history of the ANC

By Sello Ivan Phahle
The shifting meanings of that June 16 image
Article
/ 8 August 2019

The shifting meanings of that June 16 image

Sam Nzima’s 1976 photograph still resonates with people – for different reasons

By Feizel Mamdoo
​June 16: Don’t let commemorations mangle history
Article
/ 16 June 2019

​June 16: Don’t let commemorations mangle history

The tragic events that took place on June 16 1976 have been appropriated

By Dinga Sikwebu
We haven’t achieved the aims of June 16
Article
/ 15 June 2018

We haven’t achieved the aims of June 16

South Africa still does not have an equal education system, yet this is not impossible

By Athambile Masola
South Africa has failed its young people. What can be done about it
Article
/ 16 June 2017

South Africa has failed its young people. What can be done about it

The end of apartheid should have heralded a new South Africa for the generation born at its demise. But that hasn’t happened.

By Staff Reporter
Soweto uprising: Four decades on, SA still struggles with violent policing
Analysis
/ 15 June 2016

Soweto uprising: Four decades on, SA still struggles with violent policing

It’s exactly forty years since the Soweto uprising of 1976 where the police met students with brutal force. How much has changed in terms of policing?

By Staff Reporter
Family feud behind mall’s removal of June 16 statue
Article
/ 16 October 2014

Family feud behind mall’s removal of June 16 statue

A statue of Hector Pieterson was removed earlier this month from Soweto’s Maponya Mall "in response to the demands of Mbuyisa Makhubu’s family".

By Kwanele Sosibo
Youth Day: Are we missing the mark?
Article
/ 16 June 2014

Youth Day: Are we missing the mark?

As the country marks Youth Day, concerns are being raised that young South Africans are no longer as involved in politics as their 1976 counterparts.

By Mmanaledi Mataboge
No image available
Article
/ 15 June 1989

Thirteen years on, what’s happened to the June 16 generation?

​Thirteen years ago, the students of Soweto launched the country’s youth into the frontline of anti-apartheid opposition.

By Gavin Evans
No image available
Article
/ 15 June 1989

The day teenager Poppy ‘died’ and was reborn …

​For Poppy Buthelezi June 16 1976 marked the death of her dreams – but the start of her political growth.

By Weekly Mail Reporter

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